'Rachel Getting Married' picks up a nomination at Gotham Independent Film Awards

Oct 21, 2008, 10:10 GMT

Rachel Getting Married is a contemporary drama with an aggressive sense of humor about the return of an estranged daughter to the family home for her sister\'s wedding.  Kym\'s (Hathaway) reemergence throws a wrench into the family dynamics, forcing long-simmering tensions to surface in ways both hilarious and heartbreaking.  Rachel Getting Married paints a colorful, nuanced family portrait and is filled with the rich characters that have always been a ...more

Anne Hathaway and her 'Rachel Getting Married' co-stars have been nominated for Best Ensemble Performance at the 18th Annual Gotham Independent Film Awards.

The brunette beauty - who looked stunning in a blue Zac Posen dress at the UK premiere of the movie in London's Leicester Square last night (20.10.08) - is expected to attend the prestigious ceremony in New York on December 2.

Anne and her co-stars face competition from Scarlett Johansson, Penelope Cruz and Rebecca Hall - who have been nominated in the same category for their roles in Woody Allen's upcoming movie 'Vicky Cristina Barcelona' - as well as the cast of movies 'Ballast', 'Synecdoche, New York' and 'The Visitor'.

Michelle Byrd, the Executive Director for non-profit film organisation IFP who run the awards, said: "2008 has proven to be an extremely strong year for an immensely diverse group of filmmakers tackling a range of subjects and forms in new and dynamic ways."

Other categories include Best Feature, Breakthrough Actor, Breakthrough Director, Best Documentary and Best Film Not Playing at a Theater Near You.

18th Annual Gotham Independent Film Awards, full list of nominations:

Best Feature:

'Ballast'

'Frozen River'

'Synecdoche, New York'

'The Visitor'

'The Wrestler'

Best Ensemble Performance:

Micheal J. Smith Sr., JimMyron Ross, Tarra Riggs and Johnny McPhail for 'Ballast'

Anne Hathaway, Rosemarie DeWitt, Bill Irwin, Tunde Adebimpe, Mather Zickel, Anna Deavere Smith, Anisa George and Debra Winger for 'Rachel Getting Married'

Philip Seymour Hoffman, Samantha Morton, Michelle Williams, Catherine Keener, Emily Watson, Dianne Wiest, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Hope Davis and Tom Noonan for 'Synecdoche, New York'

Scarlett Johansson, Rebecca Hall, Javier Bardem and Penelope Cruz for 'Vicky Cristina Barcelona'

Richard Jenkins, Hiam Abbas, Haaz Sleiman and Danai Gurira for 'The Visitor'

Breakthrough Actor:

Pedro Castaneda, 'August Evening'

Rosemarie DeWitt, 'Rachel Getting Married'

Rebecca Hall, 'Vicky Cristina Barcelona'

Melissa Leo, 'Frozen River'

Alejandro Polanco, 'Chop Shop'

Micheal J. Smith Sr., 'Ballast'

Breakthrough Director:

Antonio Campos for 'Afterschool'

Dennis Dortch for 'A Good Day to Be Black and Sexy'

Lance Hammer for 'Ballast'

Barry Jenkins for 'Medicine for Melancholy'

Alex Rivera for 'Sleep Dealer'

Best Documentary:

'Chris and Don: A Love Story'

'Encounters at the End of the World'

'Man on Wire'

'Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired'

'Trouble the Water'

Best Film Not Playing at a Theater Near You:

'Afterschool'

'Meadowlark'

'The New Year Parade'

'Sita Sings the Blues'

'Wellness'